Basic Information

Symbol
TLE2
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
TLE Family Member 2, Transcriptional Corepressor ESG2 GRG2 ESG Transducin-Like Enhancer Of Split 2 (E(Sp1) Homolog, Drosophila) Enhancer Of Split Groucho-Like Protein 2 Transducin Like Enhancer Of Split 2 Transducin-Like Enhancer Protein 2 FLJ41188 Transducin-Like Enhancer Of Split 2, Homolog Of Drosophila E(Sp1) Enhancer Of Split Groucho 2
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Drug abuse diagnoses

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_003260.5
Sequence length
2812.0 nt
GC content
0.6469

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
GAAAAUUGUACUGAGAAUUAGAACUUCUGCAAGGGCUCAAGAGUGUCAG… 2485 nt 0.6125
ACUUGCUCAGAAAAGCCAUUUCCGACUCCAGACUGGUCCCCGCUCCCCG… 2284 nt 0.6156
GCCGAGCCCCGCCGGAGGGAGGCGGCUCCGCGCGGGGCCCGCCGCCCGC… 2815 nt 0.6469
GCCGAGCCCCGCCGGAGGGAGGCGGCUCCGCGCGGGGCCCGCCGCCCGC… 2812 nt 0.6469
Summary

Enables transcription corepressor activity. Involved in negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription and negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Located in focal adhesion and nuclear body. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Forensic Context

A study in mice demonstrated that repeated cocaine exposure increased transcription factor E2F3a levels in the nucleus accumbens, and viral-mediated overexpression of E2F3a enhanced cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization and conditioned place preference while recapitulating cocaine's transcriptional and alternative splicing profiles [Cates et al. DOI:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.027].